Job Description

Paralegal - Governance, Legal and Risk Team.

35,000 per annum plus benefits.

Home-based with occasional travel. 12-month fixed-term contract.

Closing date for applications: 9th May 2025 (Midday)

At Magna our vision is to create great homes together. We have ambitious plans, and are seeking creative, aspirational, and talented people to join our fast paced, adaptable, and highly collaborative environment. The Governance team is a small group of talented, ambitious colleagues who directly influence, manage, and shape Magna's governance agenda.

The role and what you take care of:

To provide comprehensive legal support to Magna Housing, including offering advice and guidance on housing litigation matters such as possession claims, anti-social behaviour, injunctions, and disrepair claims.

Your main responsibilities include:

Overseeing the contract review process, drafting and reviewing various commercial agreements including service and supplier contracts. Managing a mix of pre-litigated and litigated disrepair claims. Advising on disrepair issues to assist operational teams in effectively fulfilling the organisation's obligations. You will collaborate closely with surveyors, contractors, and internal teams to effectively address condition issues, ensuring compliance with the Pre-Action Protocol for Housing Condition Claims. Additionally, you will adopt a pragmatic approach to settlements, draft legal documents such as pleadings and witness statements, manage disclosure processes and conduct interviews, and offer clients informed advice on litigation and potential costs. Conducting legal research, preparing for hearings, advising clients, negotiating settlements, ensuring compliance with protocols, staying updated on legal procedures, maintaining precedent documents, supporting business legal projects, and aiding in business planning and improvement of the department. A full Job Profile is attached to this advert.

What you need to be successful:

Minimum of 12 months experience handling housing condition cases and familiarity with the housing disrepair protocol. Sound knowledge in housing disrepair litigation, and it would be advantageous to have experience in drafting and reviewing commercial contracts. Excellent communication, organisational, and negotiation skills. Proficiency in Microsoft Office. Ability to work independently and as part of a team, with commercial acumen. An understanding of the Housing Sector would be advantageous. A preferred qualification is a Law Degree or Graduate Diploma in Law, or an equivalent credential.

This post is subject to a Basic Level Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Magna Benefits:

We pride ourselves on providing an excellent working environment and great benefits. We look after those who work for us as we understand that without the commitment of our colleagues, we would not be able to provide the fantastic range of services to our customers.

We offer:

Company sick pay Pension matched up to 8%. Learning and Development. Mileage and Agile working Paid day a year to volunteer. Wellbeing Portal and Colleague Voice. Rental / Stamp Duty Loan and Credit Union. Employee assistance & Health Care Cash Plan. Discounts on entertainment, high street shops and grocery shopping. Competitive annual leave entitlement, which increases progressively with the duration of your service over the first five years.

Our full range of benefit details can be viewed on our website under each vacancy.

For an informal discussion about this post

, please contact: Dani Davies - Talent Acquisition Lead at: dani.davies@magna.org.uk or by mobile: 07528 974936

To apply

please visit our website www.magna.org.uk, select Careers Tab / Current Vacancies / Role, or follow the link attached to this advert.

Magna reserves the right to close the vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. We therefore highly recommend that you submit your application early.

We're Magna Housing, a customer-centred housing association, mainly working in Dorset and Somerset (our head office is in Dorchester) with a vision to create great homes together. We want to make sure that we constantly add value to the lives of our customers, and our colleagues, and we work hard to deliver this year on year.


Our vision of "Creating Great Homes Together" is fundamental to the work we do and we have ambitious plans to be "beyond the best" over the next ten years.


Magna prides itself on being large enough to influence but small enough to care. We are on an exciting journey - one that requires agility in how the business develops over the next decade, and different, innovative ways of working as we explore new territory.


Inclusion is important to us here at Magna, and inclusion for everyone is our commitment to making long term and deep change to become an organisation known for being inclusive and welcoming for all. We won't achieve our vision, mission or strategy without being inclusive. It is the foundation of how we work, our culture and our values and how we adjust to make sure our customer and colleague experiences are welcoming and relevant.


Our successes come through an appreciation of difference - different perspectives, experiences, thoughts, actions and skills. All of which add value and generate innovation. Embracing difference will enable us to get it right, first time, and offer the right homes in the right place for our customers.


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